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Technology Stocks : IDT *(idtc) following this new issue?* -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ronald Ashkenazy who wrote (9501)	6/19/1999 11:47:00 PM
From: Ronald Ashkenazy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 30916

Partnering with IBM: ibm.com IDT'S Industry-Leading Net2Phone Now Available to IBM Internet Connection Services Customers World's leading computer company teams with world's largest IP telephony company New York City, June 16, 1998 -- IDT Corporation (NASDAQ: IDTC) and IBM Corporation (NYSE: IBM) announced today that IDT's industry-leading Net2Phone service is now available to IBM Internet Connection Services customers. The two companies said they had signed a contract calling for IBM to promote Net2Phone on the IBM Internet Connection Services Web site (www.ibm.net) to its Internet users worldwide, except where restricted. IBM also agreed to include Net2Phone software into its Internet access dialer kit and to place a button on its Web site referring customers to IDT's download site. Rated Product of the Week by PC Magazine, Editor's Choice by Computer Telephony Integration Magazine, and Editor's Choice by Teleconnect Magazine, Net2Phone has routed millions of minutes monthly, and was recently named the leading Internet telephony service provider by Frost and Sullivan. TheNet2Phone software is free and is downloadable off the Internet at www.net2phone.com. "New technology companies have been pairing off with the giant network equipment providers. We have had many options and offers, but clearly no one compares with IBM," said IDT's CEO, Howard Jonas. "We look forward to a long-lasting relationship with the biggest and most important company in the computer services field." "We are responding to a growing number of requests from our enterprise customers who want voice over IP capability," said Gary Weis, general manager, managed data network services and network technology, IBM Global Services. "By working with IDT, and referring our customers to their Web site, we make it easy for our customers to subscribe to IDT's PC-to-telephone service, Net2Phone." IDT is a leading emerging multinational carrier that combines its position as an international telecommunications operator, its experience as an Internet service provider and its leading position in Internet telephony to provide a broad range of telecommunications services to its wholesale and retail customers worldwide. The company provides its customers with integrated and competitively priced international and domestic long distance, Internet access and, through its Net2Phone product offerings, Internet telephony services including Net2Phone Direct and Net2Fax. IBM Global Services, with headquarters in Somers, NY, provides information technology solutions that enable enterprises to lead in their marketplaces. With 1997 revenue of approximately $26 billion and 110,000 professionals in 164 countries, IBM Global Services is the world's largest and most versatile services provider. Its capabilities span business transformation consulting, strategic outsourcing, systems integration, product support services, education and training, and managed network services over the IBM Global Network, one of the world's largest data networks. For more information, please see www.ibm.com/services or call (800) 455-5056. Except for historical information, all of the expectations and assumptions contained in the foregoing are forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements, include, but are not limited to, the competitive environment for Internet telephony, changes of rates of all related telco rates and services, legislation that may affect the Internet Telephony industry, IDT 's ability to operate the services described on a large scale commercial level. For additional information regarding these and other risks associated with the Company's business refer to the Company's reports filed with the SEC. Contact: Sarah Hofstetter IDT Corporation (201) 928-2882 sarah@corp.idt.net IBM Booth 3122 at PC Expo Rusty Carpenter IBM Global Services (813) 878-3461 rcarpen@us.ibm.com The above is compliments of a Yahoo poster: messages.yahoo.com

To: Ronald Ashkenazy who wrote (9501)	6/20/1999 1:03:00 AM
From: blankmind	Respond to of 30916

mr pink made the dow jones wire in relation to acrt. read and learn more about what might occur. 3/4/98 NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Actrade International Ltd. (ACRT) shares are down 12% Wednesday, continuing a three-month slide that a company spokesman attributed to a bear raid by a short-seller using the Internet to discredit the company. Mitch Menik, a spokesman for New York-based Actrade, said the rumors that the short-seller is spreading are untrue, but nevertheless appear to have caused selling of the Nasdaq-listed stock. "It has caused other people to sell in a panic," Menik said. That has brought momentum players to the stock and triggered margin calls, setting off more selling in the issue. The short-seller, going by the pseudonym Mr. Pink, has been posting messages on Yahoo! Inc.'s (YHOO) finance bulletin boards as well as on Silicon Investor, another financial Web site. The rumors don't specifically address the company's fundamentals. No user profile was available for Mr. Pink on Yahoo! Mr. Pink's messages have prompted other Web users to come to Actrade's defense, but the anonymity of the Internet makes the reliability of this on-line chatter difficult to determine. What is clear is that shares of Actrade are in a slump. The stock, which hit Symbol(s) ACRT & Date Use Page Up, Page Down, +, -, or press ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- 03/04 2:33P (DJ) =Actrade Dn 12%, Continuing Slide; Co. Blames Short-Seller a 52-week high of 30 Nov. 28, recently traded at 10 1/2 - its low for the day - down 1 7/16 on volume of 455,900, well beyond the daily average of 359,400. The issue fell 3% Tuesday. Also clear is that Actrade has posted strong revenues and earnings growth. In the second quarter ended Dec. 31, 1997, the company posted net income of 13 cents a share on revenues of $23.1 million, up from net income of 6 cents on revenues of $8.9 million a year earlier. The company has a patent on a new financial instrument that helps U.S. merchandisers realize cash right away while extending short-term credit to their domestic customers. The instrument, a trade acceptance draft, should help Actrade's capital division triple its revenues to $66 million in 1998, Menik said. But some investors clearly expect Actrade to tumble. The company's short interest at Feb. 13 was 1.3 million, about one-third of Actrade's public float, according to Menik. Menik described what is happening as a bear raid, which would make it a violation of Securities and Exchange Commission rules. In a bear raid, an investor tries to manipulate the price of a stock by selling a large number of shares short - that is, selling borrowed shares. If it works and the price drops, the investor gains the difference between the price at which he sold short and the price at which he buys shares to replace those he borrowed. Symbol(s) ACRT & Date